عنوان

Y 34.9 aṣ̌ā and Other Unexpected Plurals in the Gāthās

شماره

LA112408

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Y 34.9 aṣ̌ā and Other Unexpected Plurals in the Gāthās

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Amir Ahmadi

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

There are a number of Old Avestan nouns whose appearance in the plural is unexpected from the viewpoint of their form or meaning and thus far unexplained. Where the noun occurs a number of times the exceptional character of the plural in the paradigm makes plain its irregularity. The commonly occurring terms xšaθra- and aṣ̌a- each appears only once in the plural. How should we understand the phenomenon? The unexpected plural noun is always associated with a group of persons. A careful analysis of the passages reveals that the semantically anomalous plural has a determinable discursive function. It emphatically ties the noun to each and every member of the group with which it is associated. Thus it underwrites the personally significant nature of the association. There are a number of Old Avestan nouns whose appearance in the plural is unexpected from the viewpoint of their form or meaning and thus far unexplained. Where the noun occurs a number of times the exceptional character of the plural in the paradigm makes plain its irregularity. The commonly occurring terms xšaθra- and aṣ̌a- each appears only once in the plural. How should we understand the phenomenon? The unexpected plural noun is always associated with a group of persons. A careful analysis of the passages reveals that the semantically anomalous plural has a determinable discursive function. It emphatically ties the noun to each and every member of the group with which it is associated. Thus it underwrites the personally significant nature of the association.

تاريخ نشر

2014

توصيف ظاهري

61-72

عنوان

Indo-Iranian Journal

شماره جلد

57/1-2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1572-8536

اصطلاح موضوعی

aṣ̌a-

اصطلاح موضوعی

Gāthās

اصطلاح موضوعی

plural

اصطلاح موضوعی

sauuah-

اصطلاح موضوعی

xratu-

اصطلاح موضوعی

xšaθra-

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Amir Ahmadi

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15728536-05701002

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y